Fit for the healthcare industry Berlin Sprachenatelier
Fit for the healthcare industry Berlin Sprachenatelier

Fit for the healthcare industry (AZAV measure)

Language level at least A2

Here you will expand your specialist theoretical and practical knowledge and apply it authentically in practice. You will expand your job-related German language skills and learn how to use German medical and nursing terminology in everyday professional life. The focus is on verbal, written and intercultural communication with patients, doctors, and colleagues. Dialogues, examinations, and reports are trained practically using simulated situations. In addition, soft skills such as self- and time management are developed, as well as the expansion of IT skills. Our lecturers have their own practical experience in the medical and nursing field and are therefore particularly qualified. Through holistic coaching and individual support, we can work with you to identify your personal challenges in everyday professional life and tackle them together.

Costs: The course is 100% funded with an AVGS (activation and placement voucher) from the employment agency (Agentur für Arbeit) / Jobcenter. The employer can apply to AfA for subsidies on wages and/or to cover the course costs in order to qualify their employees.

You and your employer can find help with this at:

Activation and placement voucher (AVGS)
Qualification allowance
Support for further professional training for employees
Individual support for employees
Further training for your staff – future for your company

Expanding specialized knowledge

Basic skills: Medical and nursing terminology German, Intercultural awareness, Individual support/coaching Soft skills & IT

With this course, specialist theoretical and practical knowledge is expanded and applied authentically in practice.

Job-related communication and medical terminology are expanded.

Course content

Reading and ​​writing of technical texts
Expansion of job-related German language skills according to §45 paragraph 1 sentence 1 no. 1 SGB III
Technical language application in everyday work
Spelling and grammar

Development of soft skills
Self-management and time management
Presentation techniques and rhetoric

IT skills
Word processing and emails
Spreadsheets and databases

Holistic individual coaching & in a team
Individual support in the learning process and in everyday work
Help with individual challenges in everyday work and beyond, e.g. reducing language barriers or reducing exam anxiety/fear of speaking

Communication for nursing staff
Conducting conversations and communicating with patients
Medical terminology
Listening comprehension training
Age-related and regional language Special features
Communication in emergency situations
Intercultural, inter-collegial and cross-professional communication

Exam training and taking the final exam

Course details

  • Number of study hours
    275 (366 teaching units)
  • Number of participants
    max. 15
  • Course duration
    4 months
  • Days
    Mon - Fri
  • Time
    16:30 - 19:45 (part-time)
  • Course level
    at least A2